Virtual Manipulatives for Math and Science

Manipulatives allow students to change variables and have a variety of results.
The two premier sites for virtual manipulatives are

Interactivate - http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/
NLVM - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vLibrary.html

For more information about integrating technology see the Secondary Ed Tech Wiki @ secondaryedtech.wikispaces.com

Math

Science

Through Middle School

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000592.shtml> -
Grades 1-6 Calculators, Base 10 blocks etc...
http://www.mathplayground.com/math_manipulatives.html
Small number of colorful manipulatives including simple probability.
http://www.arcytech.org/java/ - The idea is to give the student
challenging and motivating problems and have him or her use
the tools provided in this site to explore new concepts,
discover new ideas, and improve the student's abilities to
solve problems. There is a nice section on the Pythagorean Theorem.

Virtual Manipulatives - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_4.html

Middle School Resources

Interactive triple beam balancehttp://www.touchspin.com/chem/DisplayTBB.html
Natural Resources - http://www.fi.edu/guide/dukerich/activities.html
Collection of resources - http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/
Bitesize Science from the BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/

Biology

Interactive animal and plant cells - http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm
Photosynthesis - http://www.johnkyrk.com/photosynthesis.html- interactive photosynthesis animation
DNA replication - http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/molgenetics/dna-rna2.swf

6-12

Seeing Math
- Free Secondary Interactives -
  http://seeingmath.concord.org/sms_interactives.html -
  Wonderful proportionality and graphing tools.
  Click Run Interactives Now to get started!
- Sample Videos - http://seeingmath.concord.org/sec_video.html
NCES
- Create a Graphand also a great set of instructions and problem sets -

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/pdf/graph_tutorial.pdf.** Roll the Dice -
This dice game allows you to see how increasing or decreasing the number
of dice rolls affects an outcome. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/chances/index.asp

Geogebra(free math software similar to Geometer's Sketchpad) -

http://www.geogebra.org/cms/and a PowerPoint describing
the program and virtual manipulatives -
http://www.ed-msp.net/public_documents/document/Hohenwarter_1-03-08.ppt?phpMyAdmin=6e0ab7bfcf1b39d6cf8ec5706aab8960

Nice Large Fraction Tiles - http://www.abcya.com/fraction_tiles.htm
Virtual Manipulatives - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_4.html

Algebra games

Learn to plot points on the coordinate plane for the first time with the Easy version of Graph Mole.
Practice or review plotting points on the coordinate plane with the Medium version of Graph Mole.
Point graphing expert? Match arcade wits with the mole in the Hard version of Graph Mole.
Learn to draw linear equations by finding points with the Line Gem 1 game.

Virtual Algebra Tiles

open=activities&from=applets/controller/query/query.htm?qt=algebra+tiles&lang=en* http://strader.cehd.tamu.edu/Mathematics/Algebra/AlgebraTiles/AlgebraTiles2.html

Chemistry

Chemistry - http://www.funbasedlearning.com/
Atom Builder - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom
The Virtual Lab - http://ir.chem.cmu.edu/vlab/vlab.php - a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, and concepts tests which can be incorporated into a variety of teaching approaches as pre-labs, alternatives to textbook homework, and in-class activities for individuals or teams.
Model the periodic table - http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/educate/scimodule/cosmic/ptable.html- You can download the software and install it on as many student computers as needed.
David's Whizzy Periodic Table - http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/a2.html- This is a web based model.
2nd Law of Thermodynamics - http://www.chem.uci.edu/undergrad/applets/bounce/bounce.htm

Earth/Space Science

Weather Maker - http://www.scholastic.com/kids/weather/sim/game.htm- Turn a sunny day into a windy day. Or create a rainy day. And if you create the correct conditions, you can make a blizzard - complete with a whiteout!
Greenhouse - http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/greenhouse/Greenhouse.html
Hubble Expansion Law - http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Telescope/index.html
Impact and Gravity Simulator - http://www.geocities.com/Paris/6502/impact.html

Upper Level Resources

The UBC Calculus Online Homepage -

http://ugrad.math.ubc.ca/coursedoc/math101/ - Maintained by the University
of British Columbia as a supplement to their Math 101 course, this page
contains interactive tutorials and demonstrations on fundamental calculus topics,
including Area under a Curve and Average Value.

Visual Calculus - Contains

demonstrations and explorations of many fundamental Calculus concepts,
including limits, Linear Approximation and Riemann Sums.
Also contains information on how to write calculus programs for TI-83 calculator.

The Wolfram Demonstrations Project - According to the website, the Wolfram

Demonstrations Project was conceived by Stephen Wolfram as an open-code resource
that uses dynamic computation to illuminate concepts in science, technology,
mathematics, art, finance, and a range of other fields.

Physics

Pulley System - http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/pulleysystem.htm
Levers - http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/lever.htm
Newton's Cradle - http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/ncradle.htm
Sound waves (beats) - http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/beats/b.htm
Interference in a Ripple Tank - http://www.surendranath.org/Applets/Waves/RippleTank/RipTankApplet.html

Virtual Manipulatives